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							<title><![CDATA[Credibility over &quot;Red Lines&quot; No Reason for War]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/08/27/credibility_over_red_lines_no_reason_for_war_119730.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjamin Friedman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Support is gathering in Washington for military action in Syria. The rationale is as follows: Evidence that Bashar al-Assad&rsquo;s forces used chemical weapons means President Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;red line&rdquo; has been crossed, and the U.S. must prove its credibility on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lessons From Iraq We Haven't All Heard Before]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjamin Friedman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tahrir Square in Central Baghdad
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Because you read stuff like this, you are probably all for learning and reflection about war, but bored to tears by the Lessons of Iraq, especially when they come in a media-driven festival of official reflection centered, for no good reason, on an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress's Abdication of Foreign Policy Power]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/11/congresss_abdication_of_foreign_policy_power_117378.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Benjamin Friedman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John Brennan&rsquo;s confirmation as CIA director displayed Congress&rsquo;s disinterest in checking the president&rsquo;s runaway security powers. Two months ago, when I wrote an article with the unwieldy title, &ldquo;Will Obama&rsquo;s Brennan Pick Shed Some Much Needed Light on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Sequestration Solution for the Pentagon]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/01/a_sequestration_solution_for_the_pentagon_117234.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjamin Friedman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The sequestration drama in Washington is less severe and intractable than you have heard. A partial solution: Block the across-the-board cut of $42.5 billion in military funds this year &mdash; the Pentagon&rsquo;s portion of $85 billion due March 1 &mdash; and spread the savings over...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hagel is a Fight Worth Having]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Benjamin Friedman</author>
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